Maintain service history or not?

I just bought a 1985 123 280e and I'm faced with an unexpected problem.
I bought the car intending it to be a cheap (it cost £450) car for my
everyday use (which is not heavy as I work from home). It's got 12

months MOT and is in really good shape. I knew it had service history
when I bought it but that has given me a dilemma. Getting it home I
find it was serviced according to the MB book until 113,000 in 1998. It
has done 3,000 more miles and had about £2,000 spent on it in 98/99,
apparently stored ever since (I got it with 98 tax disc on). So, I
could easily just take up servicing at MB garages where it left off,
but this seems like a lot to spend on a car that cost so little and
that I exepcted to maintain myself.
Should I DIY or should I maintain service history? Any thoughts anyone?
Antony
It's my first MB, by the way, and I love it

The 123 is much easier to DIY than the 124, besides, no car past 10 years is
worth the trip to the MB (st)ealership for servicing.
Recommend you get the Haynes manual, and find a good indie (preferably one
that drives one himself) for the big jobs.
BTW, remember to check all the rubber bits, these harden, and 5 years in
storage *will* weaken them.
Cheers,
WS

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